Chapter 20 - Democracy and Empire 1870-1900

Jim Crow

By the end of the century, ________ referred to the customs of segregation secured by laws across the South.

Farmers Alliance

The ________ convened a meeting in Ocala, Florida in December 1890 to press for the establishment of the national third party.

Republican Party

The ________ has continued with its record in the civil war, showing its success in bringing the nation together and adopting new reform laws.

Louisiana

The grandfather clauses, "which were invented in ________, excluded those who had the right to vote, together with their sons and grandsons, on 1 January 1867 from all restrictions, which effectively expanded whites while excluding African Americans.

independence movement

The ________ started in Cuba in the mid- 1860s, when Spain, its ruined empire, started to impose steep tax on the island.

Sherman Silver Purchases Act

The ________ of 1890 was readily approved by the farmers, which required the Treasury to increase its money mined from western silver and allowed the U.S. Government to print silver- backed paper currency.

Local governments

________ were primarily involved in promoting and regulating businesses before the civil war and relied on private enterprise to provide vital services such as fires and public access to water.